
The UMAP Journal
The Undergraduate Mathematics and Its Applications (UMAP) Journal
The Undergraduate Mathematics and Its Applications (UMAP) Journal, published quarterly, blends contemporary teaching modules with commentaries and articles to create a boldly different periodical. Each issue puts several real-world problems under a mathematical lens and demonstrates how real people are using mathematics in their jobs and lives. Whether it is exploring an elegant explanation of price-elasticity of illegal drugs, or the strategic implications of disarming the U.S. nuclear arsenal, The UMAP Journal is the modeling journal for anyone interested in applied mathematics. The current issue of UMAP is available free online, with previous issues available electronically with COMAP full membership. COMAP also offers a print subscription as an add-on to full members.
Latest Issue
UMAP Journal 47.2 Summer 2026 Edition
Table of Contents
Publisher’s Editorial
New Director of Contests and Outreach
Article
Cancer Survival Rates Are Misleading
On Jargon
Mentoring through Predator-Pray: Polymath Junior Realizes Hopes
UMAP Modules
Reviving the UMAP Module
The Human Cough
Mercator’s World Map and the Calculus
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